Dug out of the mountains De 8:9
Purified by smelting Job 28:2
CHARACTERISED BY
Strength Job 40:18
Hardness Le 26:19
Yellow colour Ezr 8:27
Fusibility Eze 22:18,20
Sonorousness 1Co 13:1
Takes a high polish 2Ch 4:16; Eze 1:7
Inferior in value to gold and silver Isa 60:17; Da 2:32,39
Antiquity of working in Ge 4:22
Extensive commerce in Eze 27:13; Re 18:12
Working in, a trade Ge 4:22; 1Ki 7:14; 2Ch 24:12; 2Ti 4:14
Canaan abounded in De 8:9; 33:25
TAKEN IN WAR
Often in great quantities Jos 22:8; 2Sa 8:8; 2Ki 25:13-16
Cleansed by fire Nu 31:21-23
Generally consecrated to God Jos 6:19,24; 2Sa 8:10,11
Offerings of, for the tabernacle Ex 38:29
Collected by David for the temple 1Ch 22:3,14,16; 29:2
Offerings of, for the temple 1Ch 29:6,7
Coined for money Mt 10:9; Mr 12:41
MADE INTO
Mirrors Ex 38:8
Bars for gates 1Ki 4:13
Helmets 1Sa 17:5
Greaves for the legs 1Sa 17:6
Household vessels Mr 7:4
Sacred vessels Ex 27:3; 1Ki 7:45
Sockets for pillars Ex 38:10,11,17
Pillars 1Ki 7:15,16
Instruments of music 1Ch 15:19
Moses made the serpent of Nu 21:9; 2Ki 18:4
ILLUSTRATIVE OF
Obstinate sinners Isa 48:4; Jer 6:28
The decrees of God Zec 6:1
The strength and firmness of Christ Da 10:6; Re 1:15
Strength given to saints Jer 15:20; Mic 4:13
Macedonian empire Da 2:39
Extreme drought De 28:23
The earth made barren Le 26:19